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                                                                       Ade Santora  "Security?" I marvel to myself "what is that?" Something negative, undead, suspicious and suspecting; an avarice and an avoidance; a self surrendering meanness of withdrawal; a numerable complacency and an innumerable cowardice. Who would be "secure"? Every and any slave. No free spirit ever dreamed of 'security' - or, if he did, he laughed; and lived to shame his dream. No whole sinless sinful sleeping waking breathing human creature ever was (or could be) bought by, and sold for; 'security'. How monstrous and how feeble seems some unworld which would rather have its too than eat its cake!"   E.E. Cummings  from "six nonlectures"     "Who would be 'secure'? Every and any slave."   I've been chewing on this thought for months now. I hear people signing off or saying goodbye to each other with that strange phrase, "